Bicycle-canopy



(No ModeL) J. J. METZGER. BICYCLE CANOPY.

No. 603,916. Paten te d May 10,1898.

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BICYCLELCANOPY;

SPEGIFICATION forming part of LettersiPatent No. 603,916, dated May 10,1898. Application filed anuary 22,1898. Serial No. 667,578. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB J. METZGER, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedBicycle-Oanopy,of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention is a bicycle-canopy capable of attachment to all classesof machines and of adjustment so as to meet the inclination of the sunsrays, and also to be utilized as a sail both in running with andreaching on the wind, and to be also utilized as a shelter durin grain-storms.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claim defines the actual scope of the invention.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side'elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the canopy with a partbroken away. Fig. 1 is a detail view illustrating the construction ofthe frame for the canopy. Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating thebase-section of the canopy. Fig. 6 is a detail section showing themanner of joining the canopyframe with the supporting-bars. Fig. 7 is afragmentaryperspective view of the frame for the canopy.

The canopy has a base-section adapted to clamp the stem of thebicycle-frame, and consisting of two semicircular members 10 and 11,having rearwardly-exteuding ears held together by a thumbscrew 12. Thefront end of the section 10 has a hook 13, entering an opening in theforwardly-projected lug 14 of the section 11. The lug 14 has atransverse opening in its outer end, through which a thumb-screw 15passes. The thumb-screw 15 has a connection with a tubular standard 16,the lower portion of which is provided with a serrated enlargement 17,engaging a correspondingly-serrated face of the lug 14:. A spring 17surrounds the screw 15 and keeps the serrated face of the lug 14 and theserrated enlargement 17 on the standard 16 yieldingly engaged. By thesemeans the standard 16 may be adjusted and held rigidly at anyinclination either forward or backward.

Slidable within the standard 16 and held by a thumb-screw 18 is a rod19, having-a flattened upper end provided with an orifice to receive athumb-screw 20. The flattened upper end of the rod 19 is serrated toengage a serrated face on the block 21. The thumbscrew 2O'eXtends intothe block 21 and is surrounded by a spring 20, which presses theserrated faces of the rod 19 and block 21 in yielding engagement, and bythese means the block .21 is adj ustably mounted on the rod 19. Theblock 21- has two serrated faces arranged in planes at right angles toeach other. The upper serrated face of the said block is engaged by thecorrespondingly-serratedl lower end of one of the pivotally-connectedmembers, forming'a fork 22. Said fork is held adjustably to the block 21by means of aheaded pin 23, sliding in'the block 21 and in one of themembers of the fork 22, said pin being screw-threaded and engaged with ascrewthread in the other member of the fork 22.

Pressure is applied by a spiral spring 32,. pressceiving a bowedcasing-frame consisting of a number of flat flexible metallic sections26, pivotally connected with each other by rivets 27 and each having afixed pin 28, such pins being capable of seating in openings formed inthe sections 26. When the pins 28 are engaged in said openings, thesections 26 are held rigidly in extended position. The sec tions may befolded, however, by bending the sections laterally, as illustrated withreference to the right-hand section in Fig. 1, thus causing thecontiguous pin 28 to be disengaged from its corresponding opening andpermit the bent section to swing on the pivot formed by the rivet 27. Bythese means the several sections 26 may be folded snugly alongside eachother. Each end section 26 is provided with an eye respectivelyreceiving pins 29, in turn respectively formed rigid with the arms ofthe fork 22. Extending horizontally between the pins 29 is a bar 30,which passes through the casing at the forward edge of the awning orcanopy proper, 2 1, and which is held also by the pins 29. Thumb-nuts 31on the pins 29 press down upon the parts 26 and 30 to hold them rigidlyin place.

A canopy constructed as shown and described may be adjusted as a wholeforward and backward on the screw 15. The height of the awning or canopyproper may be regulated by moving the rod 19 up and down in the standard16. The inclination of the awning with reference to the horizontal maybe regulated by moving the block 21 on the screw 20, and the edgewisedisposition or tilt of the awning may be adjusted by swinging the partson the pin 23. Consequently the awning may be adjusted to anyinclination of the rays of the sun or for shelter from rain. The awningalso may be swung to a perpendicular position, so as to serve as a sailwith which the bicycle may run before a fair wind, and if the Wind be onthe quarter the awning may be adjusted to serve as a sail reaching onthe wind.

Owing to the peculiar arrangement of the joints of the canopy theposition of the several parts may be readily adjusted by the riderwithout necessitating his leaving his seat on the bicycle. This enablesthecanopy to be adjusted to suit the conditions of the weather withoutinterfering with the convenience of the rider. The canopy maybedisjointed and folded beneath the bicycle, as shown by dotted lines inFig. 1. In this position the canopy is not in the way and may beconveniently reached for assemblance in an operative position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent In a canopy the combination of a base-section capableof being attached to the stem-of a bicycle, a tubular standard supportedon the base-section, a rod adjustably held in'the tubular standard, ablock located at the upper end of the rod, a thumb-screw adj ustablyholding the block on the rod, two pivotallyconnected members mounted onthe block and forming a fork, the arms of which extend upward andoutward in opposite directions, and a canopy proper having the upperends of the said members attached thereto, whereby to sustain the canopyproper ad j ustably in place.

JACOB J. METZGER.

WVitnesses:

J NO. W. TABER, H. W. WADE.

